Pillow Talk and Listening to Who We Are Matters Most Definitely

Pillow Talk and Listening to Who We Are Matters Most Definitely
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It was on sale for $9.99 and the perfect inspiration of color for her new home. My friend, Amanda, shared with me this am on our hike through the Enchanted Forest that this very pillow guided her home's décor theme. We were deep in the woods when she shared her overwhelm with the upcoming move and clean out. What shoes to keep (all of them she decided). When she last moved, her whole scene was inspired by the discounted turquoise pillow with little circles stitched into the pattern. It spoke to her amidst the other pillows and home accessories. She hasn't heard the call to her next space inspiration. A room, a life, can alter drastically with minimal sway. One Alexander H. can encourage a whole room to transform. What can we transform in our glorious lives by participating in: one conversation, one trip, one thank you, one photograph, one letter, one Yes, that speaks to how we want a place to call Home in our hearts. This One list can also send us on the road less traveled to our Purpose, and to our Person.

If something speaks to you: Buy it. Admit it. Read it. Say it. Smell it. Share it. Dive into it. Hold it. Listen to your Self and what matters to you. My clients use the water wings I offer and then one day they suddenly have the courage to Listen to themselves. The plastic floating wings are replaced by a real set they had tucked into their souls all along. I love this part of my purpose, most. The Lift, the take flight I get to witness at work.

I like to be reminded with the bread crumbs that the Universe offers me and my flock. The nudge that we are on one way to our great big glorious life. The pillow. The swipe. The article. The new hairdo. The move. The cashmere sweater purchase. The trade In. The Exit. The Stay. The billboard wisdom. The unexpected chat. The inspiration to step outside of our sleepy story and write the one that is bursting at the binding to come forth.

Our internal navigation system can build a whole home based on a red stove inspiration (I did that once with intense counsel to not go with something so outrageous as a hug red food warming appliance). I designed my last dining room around a vintage dress that I hung on a mirror one day to help me get the painter to get how I wanted the room to feel. She got it. Most of the neighbors did not. What the hell? What do you "call" your design style (raised eyebrows at the gold leaf hand written note on the wall: "It is through color that I am," Henri Matisse). Ah, I call it, Alice on Crack. This is what makes my heart sing. I do not decorate based on shoulds. Whose business is it if that pillow is blue green or my stove is red or there is a dress hanging near the buffet, when it guides me to my real me. We express who we are with our choices. Our cars, homes, pillows, clothes, words, people, paints reflect who we are. When something or someone speaks to us, the real us, we must listen, even when it does not fit who "they" or "we" think we are.

The next time a pillow talks to you, listen. The slightest move toward our true self can bring us great joy.

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